Benedict Cumberbatch

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in London, The United Kingdom

July 19, 1976

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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English film, television, theatre and voice actor.

His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004), Victor Frankenstein and his creature in Danny Boyle's stage adaptation of Frankenstein (2011) at the Royal National Theatre, Sherlock Holmes in the BBC/PBS series Sherlock, Peter Guillam in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Christopher Tietjens in the BBC/HBO miniseries Parade's End (2013), Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Smaug the dragon through voice and motion capture in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy.
Cumberbatch stars in the upcoming historical drama film, The Imitation Game (2014) as wartime cryptographer Alan Turin ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 7,286 ratings · 1,127 reviews · 47 distinct works

	Illumination Presents: Dr. Seuss' The Grinch [Blu-ray] by Benedict Cumberbatch (Actor), Rashida Jones (Actor), Kenan Thompson (Actor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabin Pressure Series 4 by John Finnemore, Stephanie Cole (Narrator), Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.79 avg rating — 420 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 3 by John Finnemore, Stephanie Cole (Narrator), Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.77 avg rating — 394 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Benedict Cumberbatch (Introduction) 4.12 avg rating — 253,896 ratings — published 1901 — 1345 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabin Pressure: The Collected Series by John Finnemore, Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator), Roger Allam (Narrator) 4.82 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jane Austen: The BBC Radio Drama Collection by Jane Austen, Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator), David Tennant (Narrator) 4.27 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon by Daniel Falconer, Benedict Cumberbatch (Foreword) 4.41 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snowman and the Snowdog by Hilary Audus, Joanna Harrison, Raymond Briggs (Original Author) 3.86 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.09 avg rating — 13,518 ratings — published 2017 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mansfield Park by Lin Coghlan (Adapter), Jane Austen, Felicity Jones (Narrator) 4.11 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

tags: reading

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“Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

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“The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

tags: acting, challenge, comfort-zone, fun

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